Write it again,
the teacher said;
and still it was
not good enough.
Don’t write
on paper or wood
or stone. Try
fire; or ice,
a single vein
of water,
a journal
of melting snow.
[LAG-other-response date=”02 22 2014″ url=”https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/02/old-snow/” title=”Via Negativa: Old Snow”]